Chapter 15 Set Sail

After arriving in Hangzhou, Shuyun found the location of the dock's public warehouse.

In this way, Shuyun took care of the flowers and trees in the space, teasing the animals. While waiting for the arrival of Steward Fang. During this period, Lyph also gave birth to six cute puppies.

After about half a month, Steward Fang finally arrived with a large number of goods. Shuyun watched him rent a large warehouse non-stop, and took care of a large group of coolies on the dock, and then directed the group of people to move goods to the warehouse. After a busy day, I finally settled down.

Shuyun waited until late at night to sneak in quietly avoiding the guards of the warehouse. Quickly put the goods into the storage space, because there were too many goods, the remaining space of more than one acre was not enough, there was no way Shuyun had to put the rest into the villa, until the villa was also stuffed with silk and porcelain, and then the warehouse was barely emptied. I have to sigh at the strong purchasing power of money at this time.

Shuyun put the letter that had been written in advance in a conspicuous position in the warehouse. Although Shuyun told Old Man Xu that as long as the things are stored in the warehouse, nothing else will be taken care of, but the old man cannot rest assured, and he will definitely arrange for Steward Fang to keep an eye on it. Shuyun's font Grandpa Xu knew the Tao at a glance, so he left a book so that the old man could feel at ease.

Shuyun saw that Steward Fang had got the letter early the next morning, and then took the tailwind boat south to Guangzhou again.

Shuyun was also sighing at this time, "With space, the travel expenses are saved, it is really a home trip, an excellent spiritual device for killing people and setting fires, and it is also economical." Open source interception is one of the two. ”

On December 5th, Shuyun finally met Tom after several rounds of travel.

After recounting the parting, the two began to discuss the departure to Europe. Since Tom had heard a lot of controversy about the court's handling of a missionary during this time, there was no definite conclusion for the time being, which was in line with Shuyun's initial speculation. Tom breathed a sigh of relief. So the two tentatively agreed that if there was a ship to return to sail, they would leave in the near future.

In the early morning of December 15, the third year of Kangxi (1664 AD), eight-year-old Shuyun followed the German missionary Tom Zweig to board a merchant ship bound for Lisbon, Portugal.

After being reborn, Shuyun is about to completely get rid of Niu Colu, who is now an extremely noble surname and a concubine. Start a new life.

The voyage at sea is extremely boring, and the crew members are constantly busy, and when they are free, they sit on the deck to drink and fart, and say a few meat jokes. In addition to learning from Tom, Shuyun can only blow the sea breeze on the deck, learn Spanish with a group of Spanish sailors, and listen to them tell some interesting stories about sailing. And the sailors were also very interested in Shuyun, a black-haired and yellow-skinned oriental girl from the Qing Kingdom, which seemed to them to be unusually mysterious. often begged Shuyun to tell them some things about the Qing Kingdom.

Sometimes at night, when lying on the deck and looking up at the starry sky. Shuyun often can't help but wonder, "Will Weiguo also be reborn in another era, will he still remember himself?" But no matter how nostalgic for those years, the name that haunted me and missed it all my life. Even if time has gone back now, it is farther away from that red era, and that person is long gone. And life has to go on. In fact, all the things that were once beautiful are no match for the erosion of time, as long as you can leave this mark in your heart and let yourself slowly reminisce. When a person is dying of old age, he can have many beautiful past events for him to recall, and he is the happiest person.

In the last two days, Shuyun has pestered Captain Martin to learn sailing. Martin originally disagreed, so Shuyun invited Tom, who made Martin a devout Catholic, and had to compromise in front of Tom, the priest. So Shuyun began to study navigation in Spanish, which was still very lame, and vowed to squeeze Martin, who wanted to fool himself and did not teach seriously, to the last drop of blood. Since then, Shuyun has become busy again.

Tom was delighted that his precious Yunyun was no longer hanging out with the foul-mouthed Spanish sailors every day. These days, he, a devout servant of God, would be eager to throw those damned old Spaniards into the sea and feed them to the sharks.

The ship was resupplied in Saigon, Annam, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Jakarta, Indonesia. Since the Suez Canal, which connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea at this time, has not yet been dug, it can only make a detour through the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, and along the way it has been replenished many times in Africa, and after nearly seven months of sailing, it finally arrived in Lisbon on July 10 in the fourth year of Kangxi (1665 AD).

Shuyun harvested a lot along the way, and asked the sailors to help collect seeds for more than 100 spices when she was resupplying by ship. I can speak authentic Spanish, learn to sail, and learn about the customs and customs of many places in this era through the stories of sailors. Through their interactions with each other, little Shuyun won the love of everyone, including Captain Martin, who had a straight face all day long. Not only did Mr. Captain teach him, but he also formed a deep friendship with the Spanish crew.

Although Lisbon is very prosperous now, it is not the neat, beautiful and beautiful Portuguese capital that Shuyun visited in her previous life. Rather, the streets were littered with human and livestock dung, sewage was flowing everywhere, and the harbor was filled with scruffy sailors and coolies.

The way Shuyun and Tom left a connection, saying goodbye to Martin and a group of reluctant sailors. Didn't stop in Lisbon. Sail directly across the Strait of Gibraltar along the Mediterranean Sea and arrive in Rome in just seven days.

At this time, although the Vatican was the seat of the Holy See, it had not yet been established and was under the jurisdiction of Rome. Tom presented the credentials of the Qing kingdom to a cardinal archbishop, recounting his experiences and observations in the East, and giving a detailed account of the work they had done over the years and the present situation of the missionaries.

After that, we were placed in a two-bedroom room with its own bathroom and kitchen. Three days later, Tom was received by the Pope on an exceptional basis and was promoted to bishop.

Later, according to Tom's own account, the meeting took place in a friendly and friendly atmosphere. His Majesty Pope Alexander VII inquired in detail about his experience in the East and the martyrdom of John Tong and others. His work was acknowledged, and his talents were appreciated. Shuyun doesn't know if Tom's words are true, but it's true that this guy has always looked complacent in front of Shuyun since then.

Tom Shuyun, who was still on the rise, was also speechless. And this guy's bishop has not played enough prestige, Shuyun really can't bear to hit his fragile heart. I had to temporarily dismiss Tom's idea of visiting Europe. Honestly lived in the Holy See.

Life in the Holy See is very boring, except for worship and worship, when Shuyun visited Rome twice, she completely lost interest in studying ancient buildings such as the Flavian amphitheater, the Colosseum, and the Great Acrobatic Arena. Fortunately, there is a large library in the Holy See, which is extremely rich in books, and with Tom's guarantee, Shuyun is allowed to borrow books here.

The days passed without realizing it, two years. In the past two years, Shuyun has read all the books she is interested in in the library, and Shuyun's current knowledge has been raised to a new level.

The plants in the space are also thriving under the care of Shuyun, and the animals are growing healthily, and the number continues to grow. Since Xiaojin moved in, for some reason, the pasture of the space has actually increased by two acres, the area has reached 6 acres, and the total area has increased to 28 acres.

And after Xiao Jin ate the countless precious medicinal herbs in the space, his weight and height still did not increase at all, and he was still so mini, which made Shuyun extremely depressed.

Fortunately, the jade bees are very competitive, and through the efforts of the queen bee and the drones, the number has increased to more than 200, and the hive has also increased by two circles. Although the reproductive ability of ordinary bees cannot be compared, compared to the situation when Shuyun first discovered them with only more than 10 bees, the current results are still gratifying. What makes Shuyun even happier is that the quality of the fruits produced by the plants after being pollinated by the jade bees has improved by more than one grade. Moreover, jade honey not only has all the effects of ordinary honey, but also has several times more effectiveness, as well as super detoxification and cell regeneration ability. If it is commonly used, it can definitely delay aging and prolong life. What is surprising is that this honey actually glows with a faint colorful luster, which is very beautiful.

Seeing the prosperous space, Shuyun became idle again, so she had to harass a group of priests who were chattering with gods, and asked them some strange questions, and taught them Eastern Taoism in vain, so that everyone could understand and feel the magical powers of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother. For a while, the whole Holy See jumped and jumped, and now everyone runs away as long as they see Shuyun's shadow. Shuyun has also changed from the cute little angel of the East in the minds of the priests to a super little demon who ran out of the gate of hell and caused trouble to the world. Even Tom, the good old man, was listed as a refusal by everyone.

Due to the boiling of popular resentment, in fact, the newly appointed Pope Clement IX himself could not stand it. After discussion, it was unanimously decided to give the honorable Bishop Tom Zweig a sacred and glorious task - to visit the European countries with the little imp of the East who looked like an angel, and it was best to let the glory of God shine to every corner of the world, and also gave a large amount of travel expenses. And asked him not to come back for 5 years, preferably never to come back. And there are people who grit their teeth and threaten Tom to kill him if he dares to come back in 5 years.

Shuyun's goal of traveling in Europe has finally been achieved, and by the way, he has satisfied his bad taste. It's just that I can't stand Tom's resentful eyes.

With the incomparably warm farewell of all the clergy of the Holy See, led by the Pope, Shuyun and Tom embarked on a journey to Europe.

This year is the sixth year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1667 AD). Shuyun is ten years old.